The Department of Health and Human Services published a proposed rule that would provide more flexibility in implementing certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) in 2014 to meet the meaningful use standards.
The US Department of Health and Human Services published a proposed rule that would provide physicians, hospitals, and critical access hospitals more flexibility in implementing certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) in 2014 to meet the meaningful use standards. The proposed rule, jointly issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology, would allow providers to use the 2011 Edition CEHRT or a combination of 2011 and 2014 Edition CEHRT for the reporting period in 2014 for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. Beginning in 2015, all eligible physicians and hospitals would be required to attest using the 2014 Edition CEHRT.
In addition, the proposed rule includes a provision that would formalize CMS’s and ONC’s previously stated intention to extend Stage 2 of the program one additional year through 2016, and to begin Stage 3 in 2017.
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